Isla and Ben are devoted parents to their beloved daughter, Reese. She is their little miracle, the child they thought they'd never have until donors made her existence possible. But Isla has never told Reese about her biological parents. She wants to be honest with her daughter, but can she bear to open up old wounds?
Then Isla receives a call from Lucy, once her closest friend and the donor who made her dreams come true, and it seems she may need to make a decision sooner than she thought. They haven't spoken in almost ten years, but Lucy has devastating news: she has lost her beloved husband Nate, just after they decided they wanted to become parents after all.
Heartbroken for her friend, Isla welcomes Lucy back into her life. But then Lucy comes to Isla with a request that changes everything. If Lucy gets what she wants, Isla's perfect family could be destroyed. But would she deny the woman who helped her become a mother the chance for her own happiness?
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(@Bookouture, 5 March 2021, 298 pages, ebook, #ARC from the publisher via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 8 March)
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This is a new author for me. I cried like a baby reading A Child of My Own so I'm sure you can guess I really loved it. The chapters alternate from Lucy and Isla's POV and you gradually learn what happened ten years ago to estrange the once best friend's and what impact this may have in the present as they both want the same thing, to use Lucy and Nate's final remaining embryo in storage. This book asks a lot of profound questions. What defines a mother? Who has more right to the embryo, the donor or the recipient? What would you give the person who knows and loves you more than anyone in the world? Whose happiness is more deserving? This is an emotional roller-coaster and a real tear-jerker. I loved it.
